Members messenger WhatsApp for Android were able to make voice calls over the application infrastructure. Support appears after the client update to version 2.11.531. In the near future is expected to release a corresponding update to other platforms.
In order to be able to make calls via WhatsApp, a smartphone user should run on Android 4.4 and higher. Older versions of the system do not support the new function.
Last week it was reported that the application WhatsApp for "googlephones" reached the mark of one billion downloads. This is the second app in history, not developed by Google, which succeeded. The first was the social network Facebook. Recall that Facebook is the owner of WhatsApp.
This, of course, does not mean that the messenger are one billion people around the world.Real user base application has 700 million users who send more than 30 billion messages every day.
Earlier WhatsApp had the opportunity to call someone, but when you press the call button call is made via cellular network operator. Now developers are testing the function of voice calls for iOS, it is available in beta version. It has a separate tab is responsible for the calls.The application interface so processed that immediately visible developer intent to replace or at least supplement the functionality of the "bell" of the phone.
WhatsApp informs about missed calls and shows the history of incoming and outgoing calls.The quality of communication via 3G exceeds normal cellular and only slightly reduced when switching to EDGE. On the timing of the introduction of full support for iOS voice call information yet.
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